Influence of factors unrelated to environmental quality on occupant satisfaction in LEED and non-LEED certified buildings

Occupant satisfaction in office buildings has been correlated to the indoor environmental quality of workspaces, but can also be influenced by factors distinct from conventional IEQ parameters such as building features, personal characteristics, and work-related variables. A previous study by the au...

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Main Authors: Schiavon, Stefano, Altomonte, Sergio
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description Occupant satisfaction in office buildings has been correlated to the indoor environmental quality of workspaces, but can also be influenced by factors distinct from conventional IEQ parameters such as building features, personal characteristics, and work-related variables. A previous study by the authors analyzed occupant satisfaction in LEED and non-LEED certified buildings on a subset of the Center for the Built Environment survey database featuring 21,477 responses from 144 buildings (65 LEED-rated). The data suggested that, when evaluated comprehensively, there is not a practically significant influence of LEED certification on occupant satisfaction. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact on users’ satisfaction in LEED and non-LEED certified buildings of factors unrelated to environmental quality, including consideration of office type, spatial layout, distance from window, building size, gender, age, type of work, time at workspace, and weekly working hours. The results show that such factors statistically significantly influence the difference in occupant satisfaction in LEED and non-LEED certified buildings, but the effect size of such variations is, for most, practically negligible. However, tendencies were found showing that LEED-rated buildings may be more effective in providing higher satisfaction in open spaces rather than in enclosed offices, in small rather than in large buildings, and to occupants having spent less than one year at their workspace rather than to users that have occupied their workplace for longer. The findings suggest that the positive value of LEED certification from the point of view of occupant satisfaction may tend to decrease with time.
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spelling nottingham-354372020-05-04T16:46:43Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35437/ Influence of factors unrelated to environmental quality on occupant satisfaction in LEED and non-LEED certified buildings Schiavon, Stefano Altomonte, Sergio Occupant satisfaction in office buildings has been correlated to the indoor environmental quality of workspaces, but can also be influenced by factors distinct from conventional IEQ parameters such as building features, personal characteristics, and work-related variables. A previous study by the authors analyzed occupant satisfaction in LEED and non-LEED certified buildings on a subset of the Center for the Built Environment survey database featuring 21,477 responses from 144 buildings (65 LEED-rated). The data suggested that, when evaluated comprehensively, there is not a practically significant influence of LEED certification on occupant satisfaction. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact on users’ satisfaction in LEED and non-LEED certified buildings of factors unrelated to environmental quality, including consideration of office type, spatial layout, distance from window, building size, gender, age, type of work, time at workspace, and weekly working hours. The results show that such factors statistically significantly influence the difference in occupant satisfaction in LEED and non-LEED certified buildings, but the effect size of such variations is, for most, practically negligible. However, tendencies were found showing that LEED-rated buildings may be more effective in providing higher satisfaction in open spaces rather than in enclosed offices, in small rather than in large buildings, and to occupants having spent less than one year at their workspace rather than to users that have occupied their workplace for longer. The findings suggest that the positive value of LEED certification from the point of view of occupant satisfaction may tend to decrease with time. Elsevier 2014-04-12 Article PeerReviewed Schiavon, Stefano and Altomonte, Sergio (2014) Influence of factors unrelated to environmental quality on occupant satisfaction in LEED and non-LEED certified buildings. Building and Environment, 77 . pp. 148-159. ISSN 1873-684X Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Occupant Satisfaction Survey Post-Occupancy Evaluation Indoor Environmental Quality Non-environmental factors http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132314000882 doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.03.028 doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.03.028
spellingShingle Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
Occupant Satisfaction
Survey
Post-Occupancy Evaluation
Indoor Environmental Quality
Non-environmental factors
Schiavon, Stefano
Altomonte, Sergio
Influence of factors unrelated to environmental quality on occupant satisfaction in LEED and non-LEED certified buildings
title Influence of factors unrelated to environmental quality on occupant satisfaction in LEED and non-LEED certified buildings
title_full Influence of factors unrelated to environmental quality on occupant satisfaction in LEED and non-LEED certified buildings
title_fullStr Influence of factors unrelated to environmental quality on occupant satisfaction in LEED and non-LEED certified buildings
title_full_unstemmed Influence of factors unrelated to environmental quality on occupant satisfaction in LEED and non-LEED certified buildings
title_short Influence of factors unrelated to environmental quality on occupant satisfaction in LEED and non-LEED certified buildings
title_sort influence of factors unrelated to environmental quality on occupant satisfaction in leed and non-leed certified buildings
topic Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
Occupant Satisfaction
Survey
Post-Occupancy Evaluation
Indoor Environmental Quality
Non-environmental factors
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